tidally locked

English

Adjective

tidally locked (not comparable)

(astronomy) Having undergone tidal locking.
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:
  Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.

Related terms

tidal locking

Translations

Translations

German: gebunden rotierend
Turkish: eşzamanlı dönerek

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